Yair
Rodriguez’s UFC career may just be beginning, but his exploits
in the Octagon are already beginning to attract their fair share of
attention.

As Rodriguez prepares to face Alex
Caceres in the headliner of the
UFC Fight Night card in Salt Lake City on Aug. 6, D-House
Entertainment Production will be filming a documentary entitled
"El Pantera”
chronicling the budding Mexican star’s experience as well as his
journey to the UFC.

According to a release, “the film will document the training camp
leading up to the fight with Caceres and Rodriguez’s journey to
become a UFC champion. The film will explore topics such as
Rodriguez’s manifestation of the American dream, coming from
Chihuahua, Mexico, with less than $400 in his pocket, to winning
‘The Ultimate Fighter [Latin America]’ reality show and his rise to
international MMA superstar.

The film, which is scheduled for a 2017 release, will be directed
by Landon Dyksterhouse, who also directed "The Proving Grounds," a
documentary on the famed Jackson-Wink MMA team in Albuquerque, N.M.
It will be shot in Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Chicago and Mexico.
New Mexico-based Bowles Law Firm, which represents recently
released UFC fighter Diego
Brandao, is funding the film.

Rodriguez is 4-0 thus far in his UFC career and has already earned
a pair of post-fight bonuses for his work in the Octagon. Most
recently, he vanquished Andre Fili
with a spectacular flying roundhouse kick at UFC 197 on April 23, a
finish that ranks among the leading candidates for “Knockout of the
Year” in 2016. The Mexican fighter also owns wins over Dan Hooker,
Charles
Rosa and Leonardo
Morales within the Las Vegas-based promotion.